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Goose Lake High holds Awards Day
Goose Lake High held its annual junior Awards Day Monday (Oct. 23) recognizing 75 students for their academic achievements during the 2022-23 school year.
“This is nice. We haven’t had this many parents in our gym for this ceremony as long as I can remember,” said MC and principal Kirk Wilson.
Find out who picked up awards in this week’s Review.
Rivers entrepreneur wins Fusion contest
A Rivers entrepreneur was declared the winner of Fusion Credit Union’s third annual Community Infusion live event held Oct. 18 in Brandon.
Danielle Pilatic of Danielle’s Studio 12 was declared the winner, receiving $20,000 in grant monies to help expand her business ideas.
Read all about it in this week’s issue.
Family battling red tape
Google Reviews has given Manitoba Student Aid a 1.4 star rating out five. The majority of the complaints stem from no one returning or answering phone calls, to the constant crashing or malfunctioning of the website, and the delay in receiving funds.
One Roblin family has experienced what many Manitobans are griping about when it comes to Manitoba Student Aid.
Want to know more? See this week’s Review.
GLH hosts JV v-ballers
Goose Lake High’s Junior Varsity Angels and Raiders volleyball teams, both ranked #2 in the province, hosted their home tournaments Friday and Saturday and despite some weather-related delays, the tourney went off without a hitch.
The boys side featured teams from Warren, Russell, Swan Valley, Hamiota, Virden, Ebb & Flow and The Pas while girls teams from Swan Valley, Warren, Hamiota, Gilbert Plains and Killarney battled it out.
Check out some actions shots and find out how the home teams fared in this issue.
Kinew and cabinet sworn in
In a colourful and tradition-filled ceremony honouring the seven Indigenous nations in Manitoba, Premier Wab Kinew was sworn in Wednesday as premier of Manitoba, alongside the 14 other members of his cabinet.
“Manitobans have entrusted us with the great honour of leading our province and I do not take this responsibility lightly,” said Kinew.
Find out more in this week’s Review.
Long time rural WFP reporter pens new book
Fresh off his best seller, Lake Agassiz: The Rise and Demise of the World’s Greatest Lake, Bill Redekop returns to his Winnipeg Free Press roots mining the highways and byways of rural Manitoba.
In his sixth book, Don’t Fence Me In: True Stories about Rural Manitoba, Redekop chronicles rural life.
Read all about it in this week’s Review.
New hall rental rates in the works
First and second readings were given to a bylaw setting out new Community Centre rental rates at the regular Sept. 26 meeting of the council of the Municipality of Roblin.
Renting the hall for weddings, socials, reunions and cabarets will cost a base rate of $1,100 plus $55 GST and a $300 booking fee for a total of $1,455.
Check out this week’s Council Briefs.
She's a rebel
Brooklyn Hramalak is making a name for herself in the world of post-secondary sports.
Hramalak had a successful first season playing with the University of Regina’s Cougars softball team, ending the season off by receiving Second All-Star Team for Right Field award and has now signed with the Regina Rebels of the newly formed Saskatchewan Junior Female Hockey League. .
Read the rest of the story in this week’s paper.
Kinew meets with transition team
Manitoba premier-designate Wab Kinew got together on Thursday with his recently announced transition advisory team for what he called a productive and cooperative meeting.
Kinew said the team, established Oct. 6, has already made good progress in a very short time.
More in this issue.
Local women offer inspiration
Oct. 11 was the United Nations’ International Day of the Girl celebrated to commemorate efforts and achievements by girls and women throughout the world.
Many women have pioneered the way for other women to succeed, especially in what have been deemed as male dominant fields of work or education.
Check out the story in this week’s Review.